title: [The social statistics in the public health study].
abstract: The article deals with a wide range of technical and practical issues concerning the implementation of social statistics in the study of public health on the basis of the methodology developed in the RAMS National Research Institute of public health and the RAMS Novgorod Research center. It is emphasized that a significant lag of social statistics as applied to the study of public health issues of prevents full fledge implementation of its capabilities in the development of public policy in the field of population health promotion. In this connection, the elaboration of the indicators of social causation of public health and their implementation in the process of development of strategic management decision-making, including the federal and regional medical social programs.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Medik
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Osipov
mesh_terms: D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D011634:Public Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012426:Russia; D012922:Social Change